[Level of rosette-forming cells in patients with meningococcal infections].
In patients with the generalized form of meningococcal infection a disease in the level of T-lymphocytes was revealed at early stages of the disease. This decrease correlated with the gravity of the process. On week 2 of the disease an increase in the level of B-lymphocytes was observed, which probably occurred due to the appearance of the clone of antibody-producing precursor cells. The content of specific rosette-forming cells, carrying receptors to the cell-wall antigens of group A and C meningococci, increased in the blood of patients on week 1 of the disease, which did not correlate with the increase of the titer of specific antibodies on weeks 2-3.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000097:blood; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009304:Nasopharyngitis / Q000097:blood; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000276:immunology; D012397:Rosette Formation; D018805:Sepsis / Q000097:blood; D013601:T-Lymphocytes
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
Uroven' rozetkoobrazuiushchikh kletok u bol'nykh meningokokkovoĭ infektsiei.